Western Australian Current Acts

PAWNBROKERS AND SECOND-HAND DEALERS ACT 1994 - SECT 93

93 .         Orders to enable redemption of goods where licence revoked etc.

        (1)         If a person who has pawned goods to a pawnbroker is unable to redeem the goods because the pawnbroker’s licence has been subsequently suspended, revoked or not renewed, the State Administrative Tribunal may, on the application of any person, make such orders as it thinks fit in relation to conducting business at the premises for the purpose of redeeming the goods.

        (2)         Nothing in subsection (1) affects any power of a licensing officer or the State Administrative Tribunal in relation to licences.

        (3)         A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with an order under this section.

        Penalty: In the case of an individual, $5 000 and 12 months’ imprisonment or, in the case of a body corporate, $20 000.

        [Section 93 amended: No. 55 of 2004 s. 901.]